by Christa | Mar 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
This winter has been a very cozy one for me, because of the good books I have read. It’s so much like a friendship when you meld into the characters’ thoughts and fall into a story. I have done it again and again with Laura Ingalls Wilder (entire...
by Christa | Dec 8, 2010 | Uncategorized
I am reading the Little House on the Prairie series again. Wilder has a gift for simple and poignant writing that grasps the heart of today’s woman while focusing on the historical richness of her past. I love hearing her mother and father’s pioneering...
by Christa | Oct 11, 2010 | Uncategorized
I’ve been looking for a good book lately, and despite the recommendation for this book by a wonderful friend, I’m still looking. The classic “Cranbrook”, a 19th century British novel by Elizabeth Gaskell, can be used to broaden the...
by Christa | Sep 11, 2010 | Uncategorized
I totally thought this book would be lame, especially since the teacher in “A Christmas Story” the movie, tells the class all about him and they give the most annoyed sighs ever. Glad I chanced it. I am enjoying the language, of course, from the...
by Christa | Sep 11, 2010 | Uncategorized
It’s a marvel to me that people are the same, no matter the time or place; they have choices and make decisions that change the course of their lives from one moment to the next. The main character in the above book, a rich man with a lot to lea, is struggling...
